v32_0211 - TRAJANUS As, (MB, Æ 27)
MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : As, (MB, Æ 27)
Date: 101
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,17 g.
Emission: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan régulier. Beau portrait massif de Trajan. Frappe faible au revers. Patine noire, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Trajan à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Pontifex Maximus”, (L’empereur césar Nerva Trajan auguste germanique grand pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT - COS IIII P P/ S|C.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) volant à gauche, les ailes déployées, tenant de la main gauche une palme et de la main droite un bouclier inscrit SP/QR.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate Consul quartum Pater Patriæ/ Senatus Populus/ Que Romanus”, (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la quatrième fois, père de la patrie/ le Sénat et le Peuple romain).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Buste large qui ne coupe pas la légende.
Historical background
TRAJANUS
(27/10/97-8/08/117)
Augustus
Trajan was born on September 18, 53 in Italica, near Seville in Spain, like his pupil Hadrian. He belongs to a family of settlers settled in Spain. After a brilliant military career under the Flavians, he was consul in 91 and legate of Germania Superior when he was adopted by Nerva in 97 to succeed him. After the death of the latter, he becomes august. His reign will be devoted to numerous military campaigns against the Germans on the Rhine limes, which earned him the title of Germanicus. Then, he led two Dacian wars against Decebalus which ended with the annexation of Dacia. Trajan prepares a campaign against the Parthians, the turbulent and powerful neighbors to the east. He left Rome for the East and established his headquarters in Antioch before invading the Parthian kingdom. He will go as far as Ctesiphon (Seleucia on the Tigris). When he died on August 8, 117, the Empire was at its peak and experienced its greatest territorial expansion..
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